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Professor Jason Lewis graduated from the classical percussion program at San Jose State University, under
the direction of Tony Cirone of the San Francisco Symphony, with a BA in music. Professor
Lewis has taught privately in the bay area, coached at the Stanford Jazz Workshop,
and has performed clinics at schools throughout the San Jose area.

He has played with a variety of talented musicians including; John Stowell, Gary Burton,
Gil Goldstein, James Moody, Mark Murphy, Anton Schwartz, Terry Disley, Mark Levine,
Peter Apfelbaum, Paul Nagel, and Kurt Elling. Professor Lewis has also performed with
the San Jose Symphony and the San Jose Civic Light Opera.

Besides performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with many groups, often with
bassist John Shifflett, Professor Lewis has toured and recorded with Boz Scaggs, Michael
Brook, Djivan Gasparyan, Ann Dyer, and Taylor Eigsti. He can be heard on numerous
recordings as well as TV (Spark on PBS), Video Game (Godfather 2) and Movie Soundtracks
(Affliction, Albino Alligator, Ratatouille - "Our Friend the Rat").